Band-fastener for whip-sockets



(No Model.)

F. E. BENTON. BAND FASTENER FOR WHIP SOCKETS.

No. 427,036. Patented May 6, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS E. BENTON, OF STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BAN D-FASTEN ER FOR WHIP-SOCKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,036, dated May 6, 1890.

Serial No. 320,328. (No model.)

' thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of my invention is to make some improvements on the whipsocket band-fastener described in my patent, No. 396,323, granted January 15, 1889.

My improvements will first be described in connection with the drawings and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation in perspective of the band-fastener describedin the aforesaid patent; Fig. 2, a similar view of my new band-fastener; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section, and Fig. 4 a horizontal section.

In the drawings, A represents the whipsocket; B, the band which fastens it to the dash-rail; O, the screw which holds the band about the rail, and D D the two screws which hold the band to the socket.

My patented fastening shown in Fig. 1 of the drawingsis provided with onlyonescrewD.

In practice I find that with or without the block one screw will not draw the opposite parts I) b of the band evenly together, so as to make it equally tight on rail and socket. In fact, when it is tight about the socket,'the slack about the rail will not be taken up and the latter will be comparatively loose. I have finally succeeded in overcoming this difficulty by dispensing with the single screw and using two parallel screws D D, between which the band is arranged. On the outside of the band I place two opposite plates E E, through which the screws pass, and may or may not be held by end nuts. By this means, after the band has been placed aroundthe rail and socket, I draw the plates together by the screws, and thus draw evenly upon the neck I) b of the band. The plate E, which receives the threaded end of the screw or bolt, is held firmly in place by the folds b, which I make in the band, and which also serve to give a better hold to the screw 0. Thus it will be perceived that my band-fastener has several advantages over those which have been used heretofore, the fastener being independent of the band and drawing thelatter equally tight about the rail and socket.

The screws D D and plates E E form a yoke which rests against both rail and socket, while it prevents the inclosed band from working up or down. I may use nuts or not on the ends of the screws, the same being a mere matter of option; but when I do I also turn the edges 6 of the plate E, so as to prevent the nuts from turning.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I- claim as'new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a band B, having the neck I) and folds b, of the screws D D and plates E E, said band being inclosed by said screws and plates, and the folds being arranged between the body of the band and one of the plates, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS E. BENTON. Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. HAYWARD, EUGENE H. MOORE. 

